State Police have identified the victim of a fatal single-car crash on Interstate 195 on Thursday as a Mercer County teen.
UPPER FREEHOLD — State Police have identified the victim of a fatal crash on Interstate 195 on Thursday as a Mercer County teen.
Shortly after 10:30 a.m., State Police were called to Interstate 195 in Upper Freehold for a single-car crash into the woods.
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A 2001 Toyota Camry was traveling eastbound in the left lane of the highway near mile marker 9 when it suddenly failed to maintain control of the vehicle, State Police spokesman Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams said on Thursday afternoon.
The driver was identified as 17-year-old Amber Mohr, of Hamilton, State Police spokesman Capt. Stephen Jones said on Friday.
The cause of the crash will still under investigation at that time, Jones said.
However, Jones said the vehicle was traveling in the left lane when it veered onto the rumble strips lining the side of the roadway and then back to right into the lanes of travel. The roadway was also wet at the time of the crash, he said.
The vehicle then began to rotate in a southeastern direction before it exited off the right side of the roadway with its driver's side leading and struck a tree, State Police said.
Mohr was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:59 a.m., authorities said.
No one else was in the vehicle at the time of the crash, Williams said.
The New Jersey State Police Fatal Accident Investigation and Crime Scene units, as well as the New Jersey Department of Transportation, responded to the scene.
The right lane of Interstate 195 was closed during the accident investigation.
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